Japan, 1917

In late October, Platinum was  11.65% higher in Tokyo than NYC.


10/1917: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (NYC Mkt) = ¥ 208. (USD$ 104.)
10/1917: 1 Troy Oz. Silver (NYC Mkt) = ¥ 1.8541 (USD$ 0.92703)

10/1917: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Tokyo Mkt) = ¥ 232.24 (USD$ 116.12)
10/1917: 1 Troy Oz. Silver (Tokyo Mkt) = ¥ 2.6542 (USD$ 1.3271)


Late October, 1917: 

UK, 1917

1917: 1 Troy Ounce Palladium = £ 26.44 (USD$ 125.83)

Citation: Treatise on General and Industrial Inorganic Chemistry;  Ettore Molinari (1920) 

UK, 1910 -1924: Osmium in Tasmania

1910- 1924: Iridosmine (Osmium-Iridium) in Tasmania, Australia

Assay, c.1913:

1912:
 


June 1910: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Tasmania) = £ 4.417

March-June, 1910:



See also: Official Year Book of the Commonwealth of Australia, Issue 27; Issue 1934 p.451

1910: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Tasmania) = £ 4.33

1911: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Tasmania) = £ 4.384
1911: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (High, Mkt) = £ 7.50

1912: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Mkt) = £ 7.371

1913: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Mkt) = £ 9.53
1914: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Tasmania) = £ 5.675
1914: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Mkt) = £ 9.89
1915: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Tasmania) = £ 6.40

1916: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Tasmania) = £ 8.55
1917: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Tasmania) = £ 11.
1917: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Mkt) = £ 14.75
1917: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Mkt) = £ 18.50
1917: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Best Quality) = £ 22.50

1918: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Tasmania) = £ 7.90
1918: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Local High) = £ 14. - 15.
1918: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Mkt or avg?) = £ 27.90
1918: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Local High) = £ 37.25

1918: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Mkt) = £ 40.
1919: 1 Troy Oz. Osmiridium (Local High) = £ 33.

Russia, 1917

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April, 1917: 1 Troy Ounce

3/1917: 1 Troy Ounce platina (Ural, source, 83%) ~ USD$ 110.00 
3/1917: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Ural, intrinsic) = USD$ 132.53


Background and summary of Russian Platina Price events, circa 1917:



Purity of Russian platina, 1917:
 

USA, 1917: Platinum Ware

c. October 1917: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (semi-mfg, black-market) = USD$ 200.

Citation: Revenue Act of 1918; Part 3, United States Congress: House Committee on Ways and Means, Claude Kitchin p.1350

Late? 1917: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (semi-mfg, whols.) = USD$ 120.

Late? 1917: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Scrap BOUGHT) = USD$ 90.

In April 1917 the market price for Platinum ingot was $103.77. The 'net price' is understood to be either the market price for the refined metal (excluding any manufacturing cost) OR the manufacturer's wholesale market price (excluding any taxes or duties.)

If the former case, the retail price for semi-manufactured Platinum should be incrementally/ proportionately higher.

April 1917: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (manufactured, whols.) = USD$ 115.69

April 1917: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium Gold Alloy (, whols.) = USD$ 62.20

Palladium Prices, monthly (1917): $73. - 130.60

Citation: The Mineral Industry, Vol. 27 p.571

(?) 1916: 1 Troy Oz. Platinum (Mfg, Trade) = USD$ 115.69

(?) 1916: 1 Troy Oz. Palladium Gold Alloy (Trade) = USD$ 62.20

Citation: Soil science, Vol. 3, Rutgers University (1917) p.xix

Citation: The Journal of the National Dental Association, Vol. 5 (1917) p.1145

Platinised Gold, prior to 1918:
 


 Imports of PGMs:






History of events in US Pt mkt:

UK, 1915-18: Palladium Surges in the Great War

-1916: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (UK Govt: Buy) = £ 10. (USD$ 47.6 - 49.3)
-1916: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (UK Govt: Sell) = £ 11. (USD$ 52.36 - 54.23)

Citation: Mineral resources of the United States, 1917 (1921) Part 1 p.17

November, 1916: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (UK Govt) = £ 10.50 (USD$ 50.)December, 1916: 1 Troy Ounce Platinum (UK Govt) = £ 14.50 (USD$ 69.2)

Citation: The Journal of Industrial and Engineering Chemistry, Vol. 10 American Chemical Society



c.1914: 1 Troy Ounce Palladium = £ 6.22 (USD$ 30.66)
1916: 1 Troy Ounce Palladium = £ 24.88 (USD$ 118.68)
1917: 1 Troy Ounce Palladium = £ 26.44 (USD$ 125.83)